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Gobiconodon ostromi
Taxonomy
Gobiconodon ostromi was named by Jenkins and Schaff (1988). Its type specimen is MCZ 19965, a partial skeleton (partial skeleton including both mandibles and partial or complete postcranial bones), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harvard MCZ 19965 Site, Edwards Ranch, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in the Cloverly Formation of Montana.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1988 | Gobiconodon ostromi Jenkins, Jr. and Schaff p. 3 |
1998 | Gobiconodon ostromi Kielan-Jaworowska and Dashzeveg p. 417 |
2004 | Gobiconodon ostromi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 241-243 |
2016 | Gobiconodon ostromi Kusuhashi et al. p. 16 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Gobiconodon ostromi Jenkins, Jr. and Schaff 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Albian or 109.00000 to 100.50000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Aptian - Albian | USA (Wyoming) | Gobiconodon ostromi (137567) | |
Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Montana) | Gobiconodon ostromi (14377 type locality: 14378) |